Partial log, kept by ship's cooper Eli Bangs, relating to a whaling voyage to the South Pacific Ocean; Includes descriptions of types of whales, swordfish, and porpoises seen or taken, cooperage and carpentry work, punishment on ship, death at sea, illnesses of crew members, scrimshaw, ship's flags and signals, collision at sea, and women on board; and poems and compass rose. Other places represented include Sao Tiago Island, Juan Fernandez Islands, Talcahuano, Galapagos Islands, and Mocha Island;Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Henry F. Worth, on voyage 15 Jan. 1856-17 Mar. 1857 to the Galapagos and Massafuera, whaling grounds; owner-agent: Lemuel Kollock; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1855

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